Department of Environment and Resource Management
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- Indigenous Cultural Heritage Acts Review—Key issues and draft recommendations
- The Indigenous Cultural Heritage Acts Review—Key issues and draft recommendations paper is now available for public comment.
- Koala response strategy
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The State government acknowledges the immediate action that must be undertaken to halt the decline in the South East Queensland (SEQ) koala population.
- South-East Queensland (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Natural Resources Provisions Bill
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The South-East Queensland (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Natural Resources Provisions Bill 2009 contains amendments to a number of existing pieces of natural resource legislation.
- Vehicle Offset Contribution Scheme (VOCS)
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The Queensland Government has allocated up to $4.5 million toward its new Vehicle Offsets Contribution Scheme, which enables Queensland motorists to offset their vehicle's greenhouse gas emissions.
- Great Barrier Reef Amendment Act 2009
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The Great Barrier Reef Amendment Act 2009 introduces regulations to improve the quality of water entering the Great Barrier Reef. It targets sugarcane growing and cattle grazing properties in the Burdekin Dry Tropics, Wet Tropics and Mackay Whitsundays catchments in North Queensland.
- New laws for clearing regrowth vegetation
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The moratorium on clearing high-value regrowth ended on 7 October 2009. The new arrangements take effect from 8 October 2009 and provide a consistent framework for protecting high-value regrowth vegetation across freehold, Indigenous and leasehold land.
- Compliance Plan 2009-10
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The Department of Environment and Resource Management has released its annual Compliance Plan 2009–10, which identifies the department’s priority activities over the next 12 months.
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- Office of Climate Change
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- Fitzroy River
- Native forest and quarry resources
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Last updated: 10 November 2009